Combination safe and desk.



HHHHHHH E. NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN K.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 5.

ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIOE.

COMBINATION SAFE AND DESK.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed August ll, 1905. Serial No. 273.821.

To al?, whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY REINKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Hamilton, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combination Safe and Desk, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combination safe and desk, in which the door of a safe when opened Jforms a desk, upon which ledgers and account-books kept in the safe can be opened or upon which papers can be spread out while being examined, thus avoiding the necessity of carrying the papers or books to a table or desk away irom the safe.

The invention consists of a safe having a plurality of compartments and of a door pivoted in the side walls of the safe intermediate its ends and adapted to swing from a vertical to a horizontal position, the door of the safe when in a horizontal position forming a desk in front of the safe, a portion of the door proj ecting inwardly and bearing against the bottom of one of the compartments, whereby the rotation of the door upon its pivot-points is limited.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my safe, showing the door opened. Fig. 2

is a front elevation of the safe, showing the door closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the door detached from the safe. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the upper portion of the door, showing a wedge-shaped block secured thereto.

In the drawings, A represents a safe having a main compartment A', provided with a bottom A2 and a lower compartment A3. Preferably this lower compartment does not extend across the entire width of the safe, but side compartments A4, closed by doors A5, are arranged upon opposite sides of the compartment A3, the compartment A3 being more specially designed for foot-room, so that ,the party using the desk can place his feet beneath the desk in the usual manner.

The safe-door B is provided with pivotpins Bl at its ends and adjacent its lower edge. The lower or inner edge of the door is l also extended downwardly, or inwardly according to the position occupied by the door, thus forming a supplemental door B2, which when the door B is swung upon its pivotal points B into a vertical position, so as to close the compartment Athe compartment A3 will be closed by the supplemental door B2.

When the door B is swung upon its pivotal points B downwardly and outwardly into a horizontal position, the supplemental door B2 will swing inwardly and upwardly and bear against the under side of the bottom A2 of the compartment A.

It will be understood that the portion B2 may be of a less thickness than the main door portion B, so that the door B when forming a desk will rest substantially in a horizontal plane, its swinging` movement being stopped by the portion B2 contacting with the b ottom A2.

Upon the outer face of the door B, near its upper edge, I place a wedge-shaped block \O, and to the front of the safe is a pivoted handle or lever O, and when the door B is closed and the handle C turned down it will engage the wedge-shaped block O and force the door shut.

The door is of course provided with the usual lock-bolts and combination lock of any desired kind, and as the locking means is not a part of my invention and may be varied at pleasure a description of them is not considered necessary.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a safe having upper and lower compartments, of a safe-door hav- I ing pivotal points at its ends adapted to be swung from a vertical to horizontal position, the said door in a vertical position closing both the upper and lower compartments, and in a horizontal position, extending in advance of the safe forming a desk, and bearing upon the bottom of the upper compartment.

HENRY REIN KE. Witnesses:

JOI-IN BRANNON, THOMAS MCGREEBY. 

